ThinkAloudLegendOfSH

===When we read any text or story, there are things we think about in our heads that help us make sense of the story. The following format will be used to help students understand the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Students will write one of the think-aloud strategies in their journals for each paragraph.===

Step 2: If you DO understand it, you will choose one of these think-aloud strategies to write in your journal...

 * 1) ===Summarize or restate what the paragraph said. Example "The author was describing Ichabod Crane as a teacher who was really skinny and made extra money giving voice lessons"===
 * 2) ===Make a comment about what was written. Example "I liked the way the author called the Hollow "drowsy dreamy".===

Step 3: If you DO NOT understand the paragraph, you will choose one of these think-aloud strategies to write in your journal...

 * 1) ==I don't understand what it means when it says... Example "I don't understand it when the author says that Ichabod was the spirit of famine."==
 * 2) ==Ask a question. Example "I wonder why Ichabod stays interested in Katrina when he knows Brom Bones is too."==